Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inaugural ceremony of the permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), will convene an International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem in Dakar, at the King Fahd Palace Hotel on 3 and 4 May, under the theme “Jerusalem at the Heart of the Settlement of the Question of Palestine”.
Entering the second day of its inaugural forum on financing for development follow-up, the Economic and Social Council held three round tables and a panel discussion today focused on the global framework for financing sustainable development, domestic and international public resources, global infrastructure forum, and private business and finance.
NEW YORK, 19 April (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft and United Nations Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas will congratulate 11 artists who won the United Nations Poster for Peace contest on 3 May from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Liu Jieyi (China):
The demolition of Palestinian homes and businesses in the West Bank was continuing at an alarming rate and plans for more illegal Jewish settlements in the area cast doubt on Israel’s commitment to a two-State solution, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this morning at the start of a day-long Security Council open debate on the Middle East.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a briefing to the General Assembly on United Nations-International Organization for Migration (IOM) relations, in New York today:
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of a peacekeeper from the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the town of Rafai and calls on the newly elected Government to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
